Lady&#39;s undergarment or vest



June 26, 1928. 1,675,056 J. SCHERFER Er AL Y LADYS UNDERGARMENT 0R VEST Filed Feb. l1, 192e Patented June 26, 1928.y

PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB SCHERFER AND IDA LOUISE KANE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

' LADYS UNDERGARMENT OR VEST.

Application filed February 1, 1926. Serial No. 85,166.

Our invention relates to av ladys undergarment or vest, and has for an object to'` rovide a combination undergarment which will take the place of, and will eliminate, the usual brassire, corset, and circular' garter.

Other objects will appear hereinafter. The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed. y

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming appart of this specification, and in which, Y Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the particular shoulder strap.

The form of construction illustrated comprises a chemise or vest 10 open at the top and bottom and substantially tubular in. form, and being provided with shoulder straps l1 fastened to the upper seam l0 of 2.5 said vest. Each of the straps 11 is arranged so as to be shorter on, the inward edge l1 than on the outer edge 11, and this is preferably done by placing a pleat 12 in the intermediate part of the strap as indicated in the drawings. This construction assures the retention of the straps on the shoulder, and prevents the loutward sliding of the shoulder straps, as is usually the case with the ordinary shoulder straps provided, and especially with the shoulder straps which are constructed in the reverse manner with the outward edge 11 shorter than the inward edge 1l of said shoulder straps. A draw tape 13 is also provided in the upper seam l0', for contracting the upper end of the 4- vest.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying our invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modilication without de- Aparting from the spirit of the invention.

Ve, therefore. do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves of such varia tions and Inodioations as come within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: Y

A ladys undergarment comprising a vest provided with shoulder straps each having its inner edge shorter than the outer edge and including a pleat extending transversely thereof to prevent it from sliding off the shoulder.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification,

JACOB SOHERFER. IDA LOUISE KANE. 

